Domestic Movies With English Subtitles
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Cine-Cafe Evenings
At 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 26
Somerset Palace Seoul
This charity movie session will screen the 2003 hit crime thriller "Memories of Murder". Based on a real-life serial-murder case in the 1980s, the film takes the format of a mystery thriller but grapples with the social constraints of its times. The two detectives in charge of the case, played impressively by Song Kang-ho and Kim Sang-kyung, are forced to work within the limitations of their environment, as well as their own limitations and mistakes. This uncertainty pervades throughout the film and gets even stronger when a suspect is found. While director Bong Joon-ho refrains from outright criticism, there's a sense of quiet indignation that takes the thoroughly entertaining film to a deeper level. Located near Anguk Station on subway line 3. Admission to each session is 10,000 won, which will be donated to a local charity organization. Details: 011-748-1972 or http://www.geocities.com/ekfprogram
"Mulberry" (Ppong) (1986)
Seoul Selection Bookstore
Saturday at noon
Based on a classic Korean novel, the film tells a story about a woman in a small town who makes a hard living by prostituting herself during the Japanese colonial rule. The husband of the woman, whose name is An-hyub, is a gambler and comes by every few months to change his clothes and pick up money. As she waits for her husband, she starts to prostitute herself to men in the village in exchange for rice and goods, which she lives on. Located near Anguk Station on subway line 3. Tickets: 3,000 won. Details: (02) 734-9565 or http://www.seoulselection.com
At 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 26
Somerset Palace Seoul
This charity movie session will screen the 2003 hit crime thriller "Memories of Murder". Based on a real-life serial-murder case in the 1980s, the film takes the format of a mystery thriller but grapples with the social constraints of its times. The two detectives in charge of the case, played impressively by Song Kang-ho and Kim Sang-kyung, are forced to work within the limitations of their environment, as well as their own limitations and mistakes. This uncertainty pervades throughout the film and gets even stronger when a suspect is found. While director Bong Joon-ho refrains from outright criticism, there's a sense of quiet indignation that takes the thoroughly entertaining film to a deeper level. Located near Anguk Station on subway line 3. Admission to each session is 10,000 won, which will be donated to a local charity organization. Details: 011-748-1972 or http://www.geocities.com/ekfprogram
"Mulberry" (Ppong) (1986)
Seoul Selection Bookstore
Saturday at noon
Based on a classic Korean novel, the film tells a story about a woman in a small town who makes a hard living by prostituting herself during the Japanese colonial rule. The husband of the woman, whose name is An-hyub, is a gambler and comes by every few months to change his clothes and pick up money. As she waits for her husband, she starts to prostitute herself to men in the village in exchange for rice and goods, which she lives on. Located near Anguk Station on subway line 3. Tickets: 3,000 won. Details: (02) 734-9565 or http://www.seoulselection.com
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